Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Carter, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
John Carter registered to vote in Burleson County on July 29, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County
John Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Carter
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Carter reported 3 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Carter in Burleson County
- A. Carterreached Texas about 1862
- John Carterreached Texas about 1857
Carters elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 24 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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